The new fashion season calls for you to flaunt your better assets. Apart from the usual physical merits—bust, bum, and back—there are actually other parts that you might not know could work. A highly confident woman admits to her imperfections but also knows how to play up her strengths.
With the new “erogenous zones of fashion,” often overlooked body parts can now be the woman’s sexiest. These flashes of flesh had their time on the runway and now, actually baring them yourself comes next.
If you’ve got great elbows you’ve never given much thought of—‘cause who does, right?—learn how to make them your assets.
Here are this season’s answers to fashionably revealing these underrated hot spots.
Asset: A sexy clavicle
Item: Peasant top
A peasant blouse with a scoop neckline can help you highlight this innately sexy body part. Its dramatic sleeves make a favorable style statement. The top, in general, draws the eyes towards your clavicle, right where they should be looking.
The collarbones and vulnerable neckline make up an inherent erogenous zone, which also works when exposed in fashion.
Michael Kors, Available at G/F Greenbelt 5, Greenbelt Drive, Makati Avenue, Makati. For more information, visit their website.
Asset: Delicate shoulders
Item: Off-shoulder dress
Exposed, bare shoulders act as an unexpected tool for flaunting.
Off-shoulder dresses sometimes have arm-length sleeves, too. This solves the problem if you feel like making up from too much skin exposure. The sleeves help divert the attention to your shoulders. Amp up the style up volume by revealing something else that works to your advantage.
Balenciaga, Available at Homme et Femme, 2/F Shangri-la Plaza Mall, EDSA corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. For more information, visit their website.
Asset: Subtle ankles
Option: Cropped trousers
You’ve been rolling up your pants and ditching those socks in favor of giving your ankles airtime. This is proof that there is no body part too small to forget. Every part can serve its sartorial purpose. The rise of culottes and wide-leg cropped trousers allow your ankles see the light of day. This season’s shows featuring this body part prove that the power of suggestion trumps overexposure.
H&M, Available at SM Mega Fashion Hall, EDSA, Mandaluyong. For more information, visit their website.
Asset: Inner thighs
Option: Mid-slit skirts
Altuzarra’s skirt with a slit right in the middle put side slits and micro-minis to shame. The surprising show of inner thighs is a sexy and suggestive proposition. It’s only for those who are in it to bare, though. Let’s face it; it’s not the most modest suggestion in the list.
Zara, Available at Greenbelt 5, Greenbelt Drive, Makati Avenue, Makati. For more information, visit their website.
Asset: Refined elbows
Option: Short-sleeved tunics
Dresses over trousers play a big role when it comes to working with your proportions. The dress helps elongate your body’s frame (with the right hemline: high- to mid-thigh) while the trousers create a slimming effect on your legs.
Elbows can play the peep show game in this trend, too. If you’ve never given these joints some thought before, maybe it’s time to rethink them and give them their needed spotlight. If cutout arm details seem off-putting to you, short-sleeved tunics with sleeves that subtly end before the elbows do the job.
Zara, Available at Greenbelt 5, Greenbelt Drive, Makati Avenue, Makati. For more information, visit their website.
Art by Dorothy Guya
